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  • Zee names Rohit Suri as chief human resources officer, bets on a people-powered future

    Zee names Rohit Suri as chief human resources officer, bets on a people-powered future

    MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (Zee) has roped in Rohit Suri as its new chief human resources officer, effective 12 May 2025. Suri, who will be based in Mumbai and report directly to chief executive officer Punit Goenka, is tasked with turbocharging Zee’s human capital strategy.

    Armed with over 25 years of experience across consumer internet, technology, and media companies, Suri most recently led talent management at Netflix India. His CV boasts leadership roles across South Asia, APAC, and Europe, where he drove HR transformation, leadership development, and cultural integration.

    Goenka hailed the appointment, stating, “Human capital remains the cornerstone of our success at Zee as we progress to achieve our targeted goals for a robust future. I am glad to welcome Rohit, who joins us at a pertinent juncture, as we aim to strengthen the HR operations, people strategy and overall organisational culture to build a future-ready workplace. With his strong expertise and understanding in talent development and cultural integration especially within the media & entertainment sector, we look forward to fostering an environment of higher innovation and collaboration.”

    Suri, in his statement, said, “I am pleased to join Zee at a pivotal time as it marches forward with clear, strategic goals to define the future of the media & entertainment industry. Across the sector, Zee has always been recognized for nurturing an entrepreneurial culture and building leaders for tomorrow. I am excited to drive this momentum forward and cultivate a more performance-oriented environment that contributes meaningfully to its  overall strategic growth plans.”
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    The media powerhouse has made it clear — with Suri in charge, it’s all systems go for a high-performance, innovation-driven work culture.

  • Deloitte India associates with News Broadcasters Federation

    Deloitte India associates with News Broadcasters Federation

    Mumbai: News Broadcasters Federation (NBF) has partnered with Deloitte India to launch an integrated performance and rewards forum for the news broadcasting industry. This is the first-ever such association in the media domain.

    The five-year partnership aims at building thought leadership in the human capital space. Apart from a total rewards report, and compensation and benchmarking studies, NBF’s members will have the opportunity to glean insights in the areas of productivity analysis, performance management, employee assessments, employee preference, and employee engagement. NBF members will also get access to Deloitte India Human Capital reports on Workforce and Increments Trends (WITS) and Campus Hiring Trends, amongst other industry-leading reports.

    “Employees, especially journalists and related executives involved in the public service of taking news and information to the doorsteps of crores of Indians, are the backbone of the sector,” said NBF founding president Arnab Goswami. “This much-needed study will identify the social, economic, and financial impact of the ongoing pandemic and the pause in audience measurement data for the TV news genre. The partnership will enable the news broadcasting sector to prepare news TV channels to be future-ready, in terms of skills and benchmarking of employee benefits.”

    “Employee costs are the single biggest expense for a news TV channel,” said NBF secretary-general R Jai Krishna. “The NBF-Deloitte India association aims to make the news TV sector more sustainable and successful, by preparing it to hire the best talent for a strong news media industry.”

    “This is a unique association to strengthen the human capital landscape of the media industry,” said Deloitte India partner Anubhav Gupta. “Deloitte India’s human capital team is excited to work alongside NBF to provide thought leadership in multiple pertinent issues in this sector.”

    “We look forward to associating with NBF and its member firms in the area of performance and rewards, and provide structured insights to enable data-backed decision-making throughout the year,” said Deloitte India director Neelesh Gupta. “Rewards and productivity are important areas for this industry, and we aim to fully support NBF members in this journey.”

    India has about 909 satellite television channels, of which, news television channels (being the single-largest genre) constitute 43 percent. The first phase of the survey will cover more than 300 organisations and commenced from December 2021. The results are expected by Q4 2021.

  • Bobble AI on-boards Dr Rakshita Shharma as VP Human Capital

    Bobble AI on-boards Dr Rakshita Shharma as VP Human Capital

    MUMBAI: Bobble AI, a leading tech startup, that is empowering the Next Billion Indians by making their communication personalized, expressive and smarter, welcomes Dr Rakshita Shharma on board as their Vice President, Human Capital. This move comes as a part of Bobble AI's efforts to continue to invest in and attract world-class talent, in the wake of its focus to drive accelerated growth in its home markets in India and Indonesia.

    Dr. Rakshita, who comes with over 20 years of leadership experience across diverse industries has worked in all the integral constituents of HR and Organizational Capability Development specializing as an HR Centre of Excellence professional. Her association with the company first began in the year 2013, as an Angel Investor. Since then, she has been an integral part, believing in its potential and followed it up with another investment in the second round as well during 2014.

    Welcoming her on-board, Ankit Prasad, Founder & CEO, Bobble AI said, “Dr. Rakshita was the first investor to believe in our vision and ability to create advanced technology solutions to solve real India problems. As an investor cum strategist, she has been pivotal in defining our philosophy and culture. Given her experience, it was a natural fit for her to take up the new role as we continue to scale up fast. She will define the HR policies and help co-create a new interactive hiring process with an innovative Design thinking approach to recruitment. She will also be conducting regular training workshops to get partners in progress i.e. our team members, on the same page and minimize the hiatus in managing expectations.”

    “Bobble AI believes in partnership in co-creating, sustaining and continuously strengthening the ecosystem, hence we want to maintain result-oriented synergy between traditional best practices and contemporary approaches for organizational effectiveness, making diversity and inclusion as a way of life at Bobble AI. We want to coach our employees to understand that entrepreneurial and individual growth are interdependent, just as two sides of the same coin.” Ankit added.

    Dr Rakshita Shharma, expressed her thoughts on being part of the Bobble AI family, “My focus right now is to take Bobble AI to a yet higher level by establishing key processes and foundational culture. All the while keeping the unique creative and tech leadership spirit intact. Human Capital is the most vital investment for any company and I am confident that I can bring a wide spectrum of ideas, provide thought leadership and enable agile execution excellence to ease through growth pains. This is an exciting phase, we are in the process of developing HOW Culture focused on, ‘how we do things matters’. Creating this mindset will lead to a Happy Openminded Workforce’.

    Dr. Rakshita has a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and is a Certified Sustainability Assessor, Coach and Corporate Director. She has also worked as Chief Consultant for a women empowerment project, funded by the World Bank and EU, and has represented India on “AIDS CONTROL PLAN” organized by Japan International Agency at OSAKA, Japan. She is an ICC Chairperson for POSH and external committee member for various organizations. She also teaches OB & HRM at B Schools and is a Practitioner of having a balance between theory & practice.

    Bobble AI is backed by 18 reputed angel investors including the founders of Flipkart, MakeMytrip, Slideshare, and 1MG; one of the largest VC funds in India – SAIF Partners; and an undisclosed strategic investor.